How to write 镰

镰 (lián) 1. 收割谷物和割草的农具。 - A farming tool used for harvesting grain and cutting grass. - 例: 开镰。 - Example: Start harvesting. 2. 锋利的棱角。 - Sharp edge. - 例: 镰利 (比喻议论或笔锋锐利如镰刀)。 - Example: Sharp (metaphorically indicating arguments or writing that are as sharp as a sickle). 【本义】: 农具名。即“镰刀”。 - Original meaning: A name for farming tools, specifically a "sickle." 【造字法】: 形声。从金，廉声。 - Etymology: Phono-semantic compound; comprises the radical for metal (金) and the sound component (廉). 引例: 1. 《说文》：镰，锲也。 - In "Shuowen," it defines 镰 as a cutting tool. 2. 《方言五》：刈钩自关而西或谓之镰。 - In "Dialect Five," it's mentioned that a cutting hook oriented to the west is also called a sickle. 例: - 又如: 佩镰; 两刃镰; 开镰收割的季节，村里人都很忙。 - Examples: Wearing a sickle; double-edged sickle; during the harvesting season when the sickle is used, the villagers are all very busy.